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"That’s the problem with these pre-planned celebrations. You can send out the invitations, arrange the play list, tailor the entire occasion for your guest of honour and it can still all fall flat. Crystal Palace are the worst kind of people to invite to share your revelry."

With arguably our best four players back, it would be nuts not to start with Benteke. The bloke has been battling away for weeks pretty much on his own/ with only Townsend for company.
We know he likes playing with Sakho and Zaha, and we know he likes playing at Anfield against Liverpool.

It would have been interesting to see if Benteke would have been dropped for Sørloth and whether that would bring the scoring touch back to him. He was good today and moved more like a striker Benteke, but he still is lacking confidence with holding the ball too long. Great link up play though, should keep his place.

i dont recall one clear cut chance for Benteke today. He had the following half chances, one where he ran towards goal and lost the ball, one header which was behind him and one where McArthur headed a Wan-Bissaka cross. i dont think Soloth would have got any of them either.

A) He isn't EPL
B) We looked better going forward yesterday with him out the team and Wilf in it.
C) Needs to be loaned out next season if we stay up.

It is hardly a like for like though is it? Sorloth has played out of position every time apart from Chelsea. Combination of Zaha and Sorloth looked quite promising to me, but maybe I am the eternal optimist.